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In grip of protests, coalition searches for ways to lift mood
PoliticsGreek PoliticsWith farmers deciding to step up their protests against the government’s pension and tax reforms... light up a path for these opposition groups to be part of the next government if the reform is passed... it argue to voters that it is living up to its pledge to be more in tune with society’s needs than
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Fragility of summit pledge for border status quo already evident
PoliticsGreek Politics, creating a build-up of people at the Idomeni border crossing. This move, which Skopje blames... of refugee and migrant arrivals picking up in Greece. Some 10,000 people were reported to have reached..., to house up to 4,000 people each for 72 hours. The trilateral meeting on Friday ended up with the three
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When the refugee crisis met the bailout review
Agorabeen on its belief that it is living up to its commitments and, at the same time, carrying.... These mixed motivations were best summed up by the comments made by German Finance Minister Wolfgang... at the same time would be a recipe for disaster. We saw last year how Greece’s state machinery seized up
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Programme review talks continue, progress on tax, pensions and NPLs at a premium
EconomyProgrammeto be applied to all incomes. Until now, the whole tax break applies for annual income up to 21,000 euros..., with the lower rate of 22 percent to be applied for annual incomes up to 22,000. Until now, this rate is applied for incomes up to 25,000 euros. The combination of the two proposed interventions would
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Assorted obstacles block path to change of parties in coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicsand Tsipras suggest that the two have agreed this is not an issue over which it is worth breaking up... (lined up for May should the programme review be completed and relevant legislation passed... and To Potami) are finding it difficult to strike up a relationship between themselves, while a third (Union
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A misstep away from absurdity
Agorasoonbecause he slipped up in an interview. That his position is in peril for a verbal faux pas when... in the build up to the crucial EU–Turkey summit at the end of the week. It’s not clear exactly how... neighbouring country as “Macedonia” four times. For his sins, Mouzalas only slipped up once at the start
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Calls for snap polls, parliamentary probes set tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy boost its ratings and damage SYRIZA’s further. Bringing up the possibility of snap polls... having rising debts. He also announced plans to set up a panel of experts to assess the out... into the bank loans if the government also agreed to set up a committee to look into the imposition
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Asking Greece to stack more austerity measures ignores past failings
Agorawill need to implement 3 percent of GDP, more than 5 billion euros, in further austerity measures up... was a good year for Greece. The economy appeared to be bottoming out and in the run up to the European... up the starting point of Greece’s fiscal effort by an extra 3 percent of GDP. Based
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Hopes of swift deal on contingent measures doused by technical, political complications
PoliticsGreek Politicsto review the budget execution and flag up any deviation, prompting corrective action. An automatic... Level Agreement with lenders could be speeded up. Given the complications and delays that have... for their implementation) this opens up the possibility of further friction within the two-party
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General gov't primary cash surplus widens to 3.2 bln in March, arrears jump to 6.7 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyat the high end at 2.88 billion (+111 million year to date), making up 43 percent of total arrears. Hospitals follow at 1.15 billion, up 215 million in Q1, corresponding to 17 percent of total arrears... of outstanding debt shows EFSF/ESM/IMF loans stood at 219 billion making up 68.2 percent of total debt
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